The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) today announced that it is introducing a new annual revision process for maintaining and updating MasterFormat. A product of CSI and Construction ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA. — The Construction Specifications Institute MasterFormat Expansion Task Team on Feb. 25 released Draft Three of a revised MasterFormat document and called on interested parties to ...

CSI MasterFormat is a special language of architects, engineers, project managers, facilities managers, building product manufacturers, and specialty contractors. It is a standard way to organize and ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA — The Construction Specifications Institute’s (CSI’s) Executive Committee recently adopted a concept for revising and expanding the organization’s flagship document, the 16-division ...

As Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. CEO Patrick MacLeamy urges the construction industry to change its processes by standardizing more and collaborating differently the Construction Specifications ...

CSI, based in Alexandria, Va., says Draft 4 came in response to the outcry over an earlier draft, which was deemed too complicated. The latest draft has 50 division numbers in three groupings, versus ...

On January 31, the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) Executive Committee approved a recommendation by its CSI MasterFormat Expansion Task Team to create separate sections on communications ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) released an outline for an industry-wide education program to help the commercial-institutional construction industry's transition to ...